diff --git a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
index aadc2411fa18..bf785edf7c6d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
@@ -3435,23 +3435,6 @@ bge_ifmedia_upd(ifp)
 			return(EINVAL);
 		switch(IFM_SUBTYPE(ifm->ifm_media)) {
 		case IFM_AUTO:
-			/*
-			 * The BCM5704 ASIC appears to have a special
-			 * mechanism for programming the autoneg
-			 * advertisement registers in TBI mode.
-			 */
-			if (sc->bge_asicrev == BGE_ASICREV_BCM5704) {
-				uint32_t sgdig;
-				CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_TX_TBI_AUTONEG, 0);
-				sgdig = CSR_READ_4(sc, BGE_SGDIG_CFG);
-				sgdig |= BGE_SGDIGCFG_AUTO|
-				    BGE_SGDIGCFG_PAUSE_CAP|
-				    BGE_SGDIGCFG_ASYM_PAUSE;
-				CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_SGDIG_CFG,
-				    sgdig|BGE_SGDIGCFG_SEND);
-				DELAY(5);
-				CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_SGDIG_CFG, sgdig);
-			}
 			break;
 		case IFM_1000_SX:
 			if ((ifm->ifm_media & IFM_GMASK) == IFM_FDX) {